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How Do You deal With The Harassment Of The Flavor Of The Month?
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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 1555501" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p>When I first started this job I heard an old-timer responding to some over-supervision , which was about following EDD 80% or better.</p><p></p><p>Sup: You need to follow the trace by 80% or better.</p><p></p><p>Driver: (<em>nodding head, real slow</em>) OK.</p><p></p><p>Sup: OK?</p><p></p><p>Driver: (<em>nodding head, real slow</em>)...You mean this trace?</p><p></p><p>Sup: Yes (<em>pointing to the printout of this drivers' DOL</em>). You need to follow this by 80%.</p><p></p><p>Driver: <em>(nodding head, real slow...pause</em>)...OK.</p><p></p><p>Sup: OK. Great. (gets up, tries to leave, is clearly super-busy)...</p><p></p><p>Driver: Oh, you mean 80% from <em>this </em>list?</p><p></p><p>Sup: (losing patience) Yes, 80%, we need you to be 80% compliant!</p><p></p><p>Driver: This list sucks.</p><p></p><p>Sup: 80%.</p><p></p><p>Driver: (<em>nodding head, real slow</em>) OK.</p><p></p><p>Sup: OK?</p><p></p><p>Driver: (<em>nodding head, real slow</em>) OK, but what list are you talking about?</p><p></p><p>Sup: (head explodes...)</p><p></p><p></p><p><u>Brilliant</u>.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, said driver passed from cancer not long after I overheard that conversation. He was nice to me when I was a rookie, and he was a funny mother-trucker. He's missed.</p><p></p><p>I follow his lead...when I get the inevitable harassment about (whatever), I listen intently (while making eye contact), nod my head real slow, am slow to answer, and always answer in the affirmative, and then proceed to ask clarifying questions, which invariably lead to this question:</p><p></p><p>"You seem to be giving me conflicting directives...which one do you want me to follow?"</p><p></p><p>The answer to that question changes frequently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 1555501, member: 18225"] When I first started this job I heard an old-timer responding to some over-supervision , which was about following EDD 80% or better. Sup: You need to follow the trace by 80% or better. Driver: ([I]nodding head, real slow[/I]) OK. Sup: OK? Driver: ([I]nodding head, real slow[/I])...You mean this trace? Sup: Yes ([I]pointing to the printout of this drivers' DOL[/I]). You need to follow this by 80%. Driver: [I](nodding head, real slow...pause[/I])...OK. Sup: OK. Great. (gets up, tries to leave, is clearly super-busy)... Driver: Oh, you mean 80% from [I]this [/I]list? Sup: (losing patience) Yes, 80%, we need you to be 80% compliant! Driver: This list sucks. Sup: 80%. Driver: ([I]nodding head, real slow[/I]) OK. Sup: OK? Driver: ([I]nodding head, real slow[/I]) OK, but what list are you talking about? Sup: (head explodes...) [U]Brilliant[/U]. Unfortunately, said driver passed from cancer not long after I overheard that conversation. He was nice to me when I was a rookie, and he was a funny mother-trucker. He's missed. I follow his lead...when I get the inevitable harassment about (whatever), I listen intently (while making eye contact), nod my head real slow, am slow to answer, and always answer in the affirmative, and then proceed to ask clarifying questions, which invariably lead to this question: "You seem to be giving me conflicting directives...which one do you want me to follow?" The answer to that question changes frequently. [/QUOTE]
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